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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012I try to hide it, but the truth is this: I’m kind of a techno-phobe. But recently, with the help of web consultant extraordinaire, Jenny Beaumont, I updated a few things on this blog — and made an interesting discovery. Do you know what the number one web search query is that leads people to [...]
Comfort me with pumpkin
Monday, November 21st, 2011My husband’s grandmother loved Canadian rye whiskey, which she kept in recycled airline cocktail bottles in her purse. She believed in the four “L”s: living, loving, learning, laughter, all pronounced in a Queens accent so thick you could spread it on a bagel. Her chicken soup remains legendary. “Wouldja like a plate a soup?” she’d [...]
Cooking the books
Thursday, November 10th, 2011Bonjour, mes amis! A few weeks ago, I asked you to name your recent favorite cookbooks. I was excited to hear your suggestions, and I’m even more thrilled to share them. Here’s what you’re cooking from these days: Rhino75: Am currently working my way through Signe Johansen’s Scandilicious, Dan Lepard’s baking bible, Short and Sweet, and Glynn [...]
Home sweet stir fry
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011When my husband went away for the weekend, I planned three days of abstinence and industry for myself. I would humor the workaholic in me (so often ignored) and write late into the night. And I would indulge the hypochondriac in me and eat only healthy foods for his entire 72-hour absence. I prepared my garments [...]
Bookmarked recipes
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011My cookbook collection takes up almost six bookshelves, yet I still find myself hoarding recipes online. More often than not, you’ll find me with my MacBook on the kitchen counter, exposed to all manner of drips and drops, as I touch the mousepad with buttery fingertips. I thought I’d share a few of my tried-and-true [...]
Carrot cake cupcakes
Friday, September 16th, 2011I spent yesterday morning baking carrot cake cupcakes for my husband’s birthday. I used this recipe (good, maybe a little too sweet) but invented my own cream cheese frosting… an eyeballed mix of cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, lemon zest and juice and the tiniest smidge of salt to enhance the cream cheese. Does your frosting ever seem [...]
Provence and the Basses-Alpes
Monday, August 29th, 2011Bonjour, mes amis! We got back from our vacation a few days ago and I’m still glowing from the Provence sun and scratching my mosquito bites. It was a bright and busy two weeks, filled with lovely friends, delicious food (including homemade melon ice cream — yum!), and a couple of road trips in [...]
Eggs in a nest
Thursday, August 4th, 2011My dad is an excellent cook. He can make anything taste delicious. He’s also taught me some very important cooking lessons, such as: Just because you want to get rid of that last bit of cilantro before if turns brown and slimy, doesn’t mean you should throw all of it into your guacamole. Together, we’ve [...]
Weddings
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011I’ve been thinking about weddings recently, and not just because of all the recent celebrations in New York, which I’ve loved reading about in the paper. You see, eight years ago today, on a sunny, summer afternoon in Southern California, my husband and I joined together in civil matrimony. Yep, we got ourselves hitched. It was [...]
Peking duck de “Mah” façon
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011I’m going to tell you a secret, mes amis. When we make Peking duck in the Mah family, we don’t grab an axe and head out to the duck farm to slaughter, pluck, gut, scald, dry, pump with air, glaze, and roast our very own bird. No, our recipe for duck involves a trip to… [...]
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